Gettysburg1993

Col. Strong Vincent:
The whole reb army is down there, and coming up around our flanks. They could be here any minute. We've got to hold this place. We've got to hold it. Well, all right. I place you here. Put your colors here, and set your regiment to the left of this line. The rest of the brigade will form on your right. Understood?

Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain:
Yes. Ellis, this is the point.

Cpt. Ellis Spear:
Yes, sir.

Col. Strong Vincent:
Now, your regiment is to the left of this point. Colonel, sir, you're the end of the line.

Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain:
Yes.

Col. Strong Vincent:
You're the extreme left of the Union army. Understood? The line runs all the way from here back to Cemetery Hill, but it ends here.

Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain:
Understood.

Col. Strong Vincent:
You cannot withdraw under any condition. If you go, this line will be flanked. If you go, the enemy will sweep up over the hillside and take this entire army from the rear. You must defend this place to the last.

Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain:
Yes, sir.

Col. Strong Vincent:
[shakes Chamberlain's hand] Now we'll see how professors fight.